Talk:List of extinct mammals
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Perhaps "Common era" is not the best term to use here. The article breaks extinctions into two groups: prehistoric and Common era. Common era usually refers to the period after 1 AD. Clearly much of history occurred prior to the Common era, so the page would appear to exclude extinctions that took place in historical times prior to 1 AD.Ordinary Person 21:57, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
- Also puzzling is the article's implicit assertion that "all hominids except homo sapiens" went extinct in the 'Common era.' from what I can recall, with one possible exception, there were no hominids other than homo sapiens even going back to the start of recorded history.
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[edit] Suggested restructuring
I suggest to restructure the article like the following: (Ucucha 14:27, 22 May 2008 (UTC))
| Common name | Scientific name | Date | Country | Comments |
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[edit] Bats |
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| Panay Giant Fruit bat | Acerodon jubatus lucifer | 1892[1] | Philippines | Formerly considered a separate species, A. lucifer.[2] |
[edit] Artiodactyls |
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| Bubal Hartebeest[3] | Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus | Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia | ||
[edit] References
- ^ Chiroptera Specialist Group (1996). Acerodon lucifer. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2007. Retrieved on 22 May 2008.
- ^ Simmons, Nancy B. (2005-11-16). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, p. 314. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ^ Antelope Specialist Group (1996). Alcelaphus buselaphus ssp. buselaphus. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2007. Retrieved on 22 May 2008.
